Chicago Cubs at Arizona Diamondbacks

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Chicago Cubs

1-3, 1-1 Away

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Arizona Diamondbacks

1-1, 1-1 Home

Eugenio Suárez hits 2 HRs to continue a hot start to the season, D-backs top the Cubs 8-1

Eugenio Suarez crushes 2 homers for D-backs

Arizona's Pavin Smith and Alek Thomas each had three hits, including two doubles apiece. Geraldo Perdomo and Josh Naylor hit RBI singles.

Suárez hit both of his homers off Cubs right-hander Jameson Tallion (0-1), who gave up six runs over 4 1/3 innings. The third baseman connected for a two-run shot in the second and again in the fourth, blasting both balls to roughly the same area of the left field stands.

He also had a solo homer on opening day Thursday.

Suárez nearly went deep again in the fifth, hitting a towering fly ball to the warning track that was caught by Ian Happ. He finished with four RBI.

The 33-year-old's hot start at the plate follows a torrid second half in 2024, when he hit .307 with 20 homers over 65 games following the All-Star break.

Kelly (1-0) gave up just one run on three hits over 5 1/3 innings. He walked four and struck out one. Chicago managed just three hits and scored its only run on Pete Crow-Armstong's RBI single in the second.

Arizona's Shelby Miller threw two scoreless innings in his return to the club, including striking out the side in the eighth. He was a starting pitcher for the organization from 2016 to 2018.

The D-backs won despite three errors in the field.

Key moment Suarez's second homer pushed the D-backs' lead to 4-1, giving Arizona's pitching staff a little cushion.

Key stat Suarez has three homers over the first two games of the season, tying a franchise record set by Luis Gonzalez in 2001.

Up next The D-backs send RHP Brandon Pfaadt to the mound on Saturday night in the third of a four-game series. The Cubs counter with LHP Shota Imanaga (0-0, 0.00 ERA).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Shaw fouled out to right.
	9th Inning	Crow-Armstrong flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Hoerner safe at first on error by pitcher Miller.
	9th Inning	Swanson flied out to left.
	8th Inning	Gurriel Jr. flied out to right.
	8th Inning	Marte struck out swinging.

Statistics

CHC		ARI
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
12	Ground Balls	10
5	Strikeouts	7
1	Runs Batted In	8
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
3	Hits	14
2	Stolen Bases	1
4	Walks	0
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	8
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
31	At Bats	37
0	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
17	Runners Left On Base	18
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	6
14	Fly Balls	21
0	Caught Stealing	0
115	Pitches	149
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
5	Total Bases	26
35	Plate Appearances	39
0.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
2	Extra Base Hits	8
0.9	Runs Created	9.5
.097	Batting Average	.378
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.161	Slugging Percentage	.703
.258	Secondary Average	.351
.200	On Base Percentage	.395
.361	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.097
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
0.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	10.7
13.0	Batter Rating	65.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	18.5
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.29	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.82
.065	Isolated Power	.324
0.80	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.00
.114	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.000
.161	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.027
2.0	Runs Produced	16.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.7
0.1	Balls In Play Average	0.4
62.3	MLB Rating	108.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0